How to use plump in a sentence. Having a pleasantly soft, rounded body or shape Well filled out or rounded (of amounts of money) generous If you plump for someone or something, you choose them, often after hesitating or thinking carefully. The baby plumped out at three months
To drop, throw, or put down heavily or all at once A heavy or abrupt fall or collision A falling, plunging, or colliding suddenly or heavily With a heavy or abrupt drop. Definition of plump adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
And when you plump something, you pat or shake it so that it becomes fuller Let me plump those pillows on the bed while you tuck the sheets in. Fat, round, full, chubby, pudgy, rotund, corpulent, fleshy Slender, thin, lean, skinny, slim, bony, spare, gaunt There are nine meanings listed in oed's entry for the word plump, four of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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